And Another Thing

Tax cuts. Ok, dear republican friends, colleagues: G.W. Bush explained to Matt Lauer on Monday evening that the tax cuts that he is so famously reviled for were necessary to prevent an economic disaster following the events of 9/11. Ok, fine, so let's give that bullshit idea the benefit of the doubt. Why then were they still necessary in, say, 2006, when the economy was roaring along and the Dow was climbing to previously unheard of heights? What argument could possibly have been made to keep them in place then? Oh, to maintain the status quo you say, my republican apologist friend. Things were good, so why mess with taxes? Fair enough. But then, WHY THE HELL WOULD WE EXTEND THE TAX CUTS NOW? You cannot have it both ways Mr. Boehner. If the tax cuts should be kept in place, because without them American businesses can't create jobs, then where are all the jobs that those tax cuts are creating? Not sure why I bother with these rants. Maybe Mr. Boehner googled something about dropping out of grad school and stumbled upon this blog. Maybe I just changed his mind. Or maybe I'll have another glass of wine and go to bed.

As for the professional world: feeling pretty good about the grad school decision. I pretty much woke up one day and...felt...fine. I seem to be dealing with the normal sequence of events following a bowing out of academia. Step 1: freak the fuck out. Step 2: contemplate ways to reenter the protective cocoon of grad school. Step 3: question entire identity. Step 4: send feelers out into the non-academic world to see if it really does exist. Step 5: decide to teach English abroad if nothing else works out. Step 6: freak the fuck out again. How long until opening day starts? Nothing assuages existential crises like the nasaly sweetness of Vin Scully. Time for Dodger baseball indeed.